toomuchchocolate

Hi James, THey stopped at 7 no need to complain about the noise from the fair. The only noise i found annoying was all the idiots honking their car horns because they weren't able to leave the park in an instant, but i guess there's not much can be done about that. Will the South American festival be back on the Rye this year? I love that one - fantastic atmosphere.

It's a shame you missed the appointment due to a crap tube and that someone said there was a one minute rule - this seems strange, since i have heard them tell people if you are more than 15 minutes late your appointment is lost. This is fair enough. Your argument that just because doctors earn ?x amount they should be expected to wait around after hours isn't particularly balanced. Why should the doctor hang around after hours just in case a late appointment shows up - not fair on the medical staff who may have a family to get home to or a life to lead outside of work. If you miss an appointment and must see a doctor then there is always the out of hours surgery run through SELDOC or alternatively A&E is a bus ride away

I'm glad i'm not the only one who is annoyed by this. I love dogs, but i don't when people don't clear up after them. I'm sure most do, but the few who don't just make everyone else look bad. I too have pushed my pushchair through street ons dark and/or rainy winter afternoons when the poo is disguised. Cleaning poo off a pushchair wheel is very difficult when you live in a flat and do not have an external water source to hose down. The idea of clearing up poo for someone, following them and smearing it over their front door has crossed my mind, but i figured that it might be taking things a bit far!! humph! Fuschia, that is so shocking that someone allows their dog to do that. he chemical stuff sounds like a good idea, but i'd be tempted to catch the crime on camera and have the owner prosecuted. If it's not your doorstep, they will move on to someone else's...unless it is a fox!

...is it just me or is anyone else fed up having to tell dog owners to clear up their dogs mess? Example: this morning walking across the Rye a well spoken lady wandering along on her mobile phone - too busy to keep an eye on her dog and notice it fouling near the path. I let her know what had happened but she was too flustered and because she hadn't seen it happen said she would never find it now!! I might have expected this response from an embarrassed teenager, but not from a grown woman. I told her roughly where it would be and said she ought to try to find it...meanwhile her dog was making more mess near the cafe. I don't know if she did clear it up as i had to rush off, but this is despicable behaviour from anyone in this modern age, but more importantly in a park that is used by all age groups and where we want our children to run around safely without the fear of them falling into a pile of dog poo! Dog owners, please be responsible and clear up after your pet. rant over

ooh the oats idea sounds great as our little boy also has eczema and at the moment he loves to suck the water off the flannel, so i don't really want to put Oilatum in the bath anymore! We're using Epederm at the oment but it sesms to have stopped working so i'll be taking on board all these tips and trying some of the suggested things. thank you for this thread.

fantastic tips from everyone. i'm just bumping this back up to the top so i can find it when i need it in a few weeks. Special thanks for the birth stuff...gulp!:-$:))